Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 276-282 , November 2007

Evaluation of critical thinking application in medical ultrasound practice among sonographers in south-eastern Nigeria

  • K.K. Agwu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiography and Radiological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +234 42 456165/8038972387.
    • ,
  • S.O.I. Ogbu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Radiography and Radiological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Enugu State, Nigeria
    • ,
  • E. Okpara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

Received 8 April 2005 ,Accepted 22 November 2005.

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PII: S1078-8174(07)00004-1

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2007.01.001

Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 276-282 , November 2007

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